Missouri · 16,186 residents Score 53 · Grade C
Browse neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime scores for every Census block group in Bates County. Severity-weighted, rate-normalized, and built for real estate, PropTech, and location intelligence workflows.
The county aggregate Safety Score is 53, with a C grade across 14 scored block groups.
Bates County, Missouri is a smaller county market, with an estimated 16,186 residents across 6,158 households based on 2024 ACS 5-year profile data.
Owner-occupied housing makes up the larger share of occupied homes at 74.9%, while renter-occupied housing accounts for 25.1%.
The county profile also includes broad socioeconomic context, including a 16.4% poverty rate, a 5.9% unemployment rate, 14.8% bachelor's degree or higher attainment.
Long commutes are a notable local context signal here, with 21.5% of workers reporting commutes of 60 minutes or more.
CrimeScore pairs this county profile with neighborhood-level safety scores and block group map layers so teams can compare local areas inside Bates County without relying on one broad county-level view.
The county score is a nationally ranked aggregate of local block-group scores. Supporting profile data uses 2024 ACS 5-year estimates.
Local search context
People comparing Bates County crime rates, maps, or neighborhood safety data usually need more than a single county-wide number. CrimeScore starts with the broad county page, then lets visitors inspect smaller map areas, ZIP pages, and address-centered views when they need more local context.
CrimeScore is modeled neighborhood safety context, not an official agency crime-rate report. Use it as location context for comparison, API workflows, and map exploration, not as a guarantee about a specific person, home, or future event.
Each colored polygon is a Census block group, typically 600 to 3,000 residents. Greener regions score safer; orange and red indicate lower modeled safety. Click any block group to see its score and grade. Create an account to review API plans for production use.
Scores in Bates County come from the same gradient-boosted ensemble we ship through the CrimeScore crime data API, crime score API, and embeddable crime map. Built from normalized national location signals and validated across geography. Protected attributes are excluded from scoring, and prohibited/high-impact uses are explicitly out of scope.
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